With the Columbia film The Thrill of Brazil they made the Samba popular in America. Their signature dance was the "Yolanda Tango", written by Frank, with which they ended their dance performances. William Teaford and Elizabeth Talbot-Martin said this dance epitomized their style and performance. They wrote, "There was one lift that was truly spectacular – Frank would pick up Yolanda, spin her with her head down, then throw her out where she landed on one knee in a low lunge, back leg extended. They never did any thing acrobatic, but this lift was spectacular." For Your Pleasure, a "dance vaudeville" featuring Veloz and Yolanda, opened at New York's Mansfield Theater on 5 February 1943 and ran for eleven performances. They performed five dances, with Yolanda in a different gown for each. After seeing the show George Jean Nathan said, "... it is my notion that this Veloz and Yolanda team is merely of the current average skill, not nearly so good as the De Marcos, that is, if it is Renée and not the present Sally who serves as Tony's partner, yet somewhat better than some of the couples publicized in the floor shows. However The Billboard said of the show: Films Veloz and Yolanda performed as dancers in: 1934 Many Happy Returns Specialty Dancers 1935 Under the Pampas Moon Café Dancers - The Cobra Tango (as Veloz and Yolanda) 1937 Champagne Waltz (as Veloz & Yolanda) 1939 Rose of Washington Square (Fox) Specialty Dancers in interlude during Alice Faye's singing of title number 1942 The Pride of the Yankees (Goldwyn) Specialty Dancers 1943 Cavalcade of Dance (Warner Bros. Short) 1943 Honeymoon Lodge (Universal) Dancers 1944 Brazil Veloz and Yolanda 1946 The Thrill of Brazil (Columbia) References Notes Citations Sources External links Veloz Ave & Yolanda Ave, Los Angeles, CA 91356 American ballroom dancers American Christian Scientists Converts to Christian Science from Roman Catholicism